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Metro Vancouver weather: Thunderstorm expected to follow rain, wet snow in some areas

Metro Vancouver weather: Thunderstorm expected to follow rain, wet snow in some areas

Stormy weather is in the cards.
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Mining company fined $114K for polluting B.C. river with high cobalt levels

Mining company fined $114K for polluting B.C. river with high cobalt levels

Barrick Gold Inc. was penalized for repeatedly discharging toxic mine waste into a stream that feeds the Similkameen River.
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Rob Shaw: Eby pushes 'sweeping' economic powers to fight tariffs

Rob Shaw: Eby pushes 'sweeping' economic powers to fight tariffs

In this week's political round-up, the B.C. government wants to tighten control over economy but takes a cautious approach to forced treatment
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'I got the reaction I wanted': B.C. man sentenced for threatening Trudeau's children

'I got the reaction I wanted': B.C. man sentenced for threatening Trudeau's children

The Kamloops-area man has been barred from being within 500 metres of any member of the Trudeau family and from possessing firearms or other weapons.
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'Nature at its finest': B.C. man films epic eagle hunt

'Nature at its finest': B.C. man films epic eagle hunt

"If people keep their eyes open, you know, nature is happening around them."
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Burnaby St. John Ambulance volunteer honoured for community work

Burnaby St. John Ambulance volunteer honoured for community work

Farhang Ahadzadeh was nominated for the King Charles III Coronation Medal by the office of Burnaby-North Seymour MP Terry Beech.
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B.C. legislation would give cabinet sweeping powers amid U.S. tariff threats

B.C. legislation would give cabinet sweeping powers amid U.S. tariff threats

British Columbia's government is proposing giving cabinet broad-reaching emergency powers to respond to what Premier David Eby calls the "human-caused disaster" coming in like a freight train from the United States.
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FIFA releases Vancouver remix of World Cup theme song featuring local First Nations

FIFA releases Vancouver remix of World Cup theme song featuring local First Nations

Producer and DJ Grayson Repp works with səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nation artists to give the song a Vancouver sound.
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Burnaby approves BC Tel Boot redevelopment: 5 towers, 2,500 homes incl. 950+ rentals

Burnaby approves BC Tel Boot redevelopment: 5 towers, 2,500 homes incl. 950+ rentals

The project by Anthem Properties and Crestpoint Real Estate Investments includes condos, market rentals and non-market rentals.
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B.C. injury prevention unit issues PSA for button battery poisonings

B.C. injury prevention unit issues PSA for button battery poisonings

From 2021 to 2023, the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre managed 159 cases of button battery exposures, with 55% of them involving babies and children ages five and under.
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